Wire-eastener foe pence-posts



G. I. CHASE.

WIRE FASTENER FOR FENCE POSTS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29. 1915.

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GLEN I. CHASE, 0F ISI-IPEMING, MICHIGAN.

WIRE-FASTENER FOR FENCE-POSTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

, Patented Aug. 8, 1916.

Application filed June 29, 1915. Serial No. 37,060.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GLEN I. CHASE, a citizen of the United states,residing at Ishpeming, in the county of Marquette and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire-Fasteners forFence-Posts; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention is an improved wire fastener for securing a fence wire toa fence post or the like supporting object and so that the wire can bedetached if desired, the object of the invention being to provideimproved devices of this character which are cheap and simple inconstruction, may be readily installed and which serve to securelyfasten a fence wire or other wire to a fence post or other likestructure.

The invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangementof devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is an elevation of a fence wirefastener constructed in accordance with my invention, showing the sameextended through a post, a portion of the post being shown in section.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the wire fastener on a largerscale. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view on a plane at right angles tothat of Fig. 2 and indicated by the line 33 of said figure. Fig. 4 is adetail sectional view, partly in section, of the gripping jaws,tensioning stem and jaw opening spring.

In the embodiment of my invention I provide a tubular sleeve 1 which isto be placed in a transverse opening in fence post or other likestructure 2, and to extend across the same. At its outer end the sleeveis provided with a mouth 3 and upper and lower sides 4 which convergetoward the sleeve as shown.

A tensioning stem 5 extends longitudinally through the sleeve and itsouter portion is threaded as at 6 and engaged by a nut 7 which bears onthe end of the sleeve opposite the mouth. The inner end of thetensioning stem is bifurcated to form a fork 8 in which the inner endsofv a pair of jaws 9-10 are pivotally mounted on a pin or bolt 11. Thebill 12 of the jaw 9 is adapted to pass between a pair of spaced bills18 with which the jaw 10 is formed. A spring 14: has a coiled portionarranged on the pivot 11, the ends or arms 15 of said spring bearingagainst opposite sides of the jaws and in recesses 16 with which thejaws are provided,

' near their inner pivoted ends.

The operation of my improved wire fastener is as follows :Initially thenut 7 will be loosened sufliciently to permit the stem 5 with the jawsto be moved outwardly to such an extent as to enable the jaws to beopened by the spring, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The wire 17 isthen arranged across one side of the fence post and across the outer endof the sleeve mouth 4 and between the jaws. A nut 7 is then screwed upon the stem, thereby moving the latter together with the jaws in thereverse direction and as the jaws pass into the mouth of the sleeve theinwardly converging upper and lower sides of the mouth exert a cammingaction on the jaws and close them and cause their bills to engage andfirmly hold the wire against the fence post, hence rigidly secur ing thewire and yet enabling it to be readily detached from the post whendesired.

Having thus described my invention, I claim A wire fastener of the classdescribed, comprising a tubular sleeve, said sleeve having an outwardlydiverging flaring mouth at one end thereof, a tensioning stem slidablyarranged for longitudinal movement in said tubular casing, the inner endof said stem bifurcated to form arms, a pair of jaws pivotally connectedat their inner ends between the arms of the stem, one of said jawsprovided with a pair. of curved bills, the opposite bill of the adjacentjaw adapted to be caught between said spaced bills of the opposite jaw,and a spring coiled around the pivot of the jaws, its opposite free endsengaging the inner faces of the jaws normally forcing the same outwardfrom one another, and means upon the opposite end of said stem fordrawing the same inwardly causing the outer faces of the jaws to engagethe inner faces of the casing and clamping a wire there between.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GLEN I. CHASE.

Witnesses:

HAROLD CHASE, HOWARD M. LALLY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

